Social Incentives in the Workplace
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- Oriana Bandiera & Iwan Barankay & Imran Rasul, 2010. "Social Incentives in the Workplace," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 77(2), pages 417-458.
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Keywords
social incentives; social networks; conformism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
- M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2009-06-03 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2009-06-03 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-NET-2009-06-03 (Network Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2009-06-03 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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